Combined vapor and liquid actuated engine.



B. WOLE'F. COMBINED VAPOR ANDLIQUID AOTUATED ENGINE,

ArrLmnIon FILED mona, 1913.

Patenta May 5, 1914,

BERTHOM: woLsr, or "orrzmA'qLoNrn-ntsm, Genannte?, Assrcnoiz en ons?.

HAM:` To THE FIRM TUNG.

commen v ucn nxpjnrcurn nommen ENGINE.

To ZZ whom #may cncer-nf. I I u citizen of theGerman Empire, residing et' Oienbachon-the-Main, -in Grermany, halve invented certain new. and useful Improvementsiin CombinedmVapor and Liquid Actuated Engines, of which the fullnwing is a specification.

.The object of this invention is to provide an improved method of, and means for, actuating low boilmg point, such as carbon..

' `su,ch liquid, 'which I alternately heat and I conidense, and arrange to ,ccc on a liquid,

- "suc, ias mercury, the circulation of which,

co rolled by suitable valve gear, actuates the engine.

n embodiment of the inventionis shown in lthe accompanying drawing in verticali In the drawing., e designates'fa. container,

in-rvhich there isa bodylof 'mercuryjb,l with a layer of liquid carbon dioxid c thereon. ,A

.25' is connected' byi; a? a1 casing "1'.. lusten' pistonengme may- .af-.vlvet thls extension-3. v A .communicatlon ,wltlxV an' .exploglon Chamber?.

valve lpipe'e to a turbine f fof the turbine a rotary bev used. The casing r has a downwardextension may be placed in n suspended within-.the container a.

automatic valveo opens from the chamber'vr l of-a' valve m opening into the chamber '11,4

*1i-tt) thel interiorl ofthe container c. :,-lhey and is also'connected by aA pipe w to' acool` ingl jacket p around the upper part of the container @the pipe being-controlled by valve y. The valve m is opened atri'nteryvals' by means .of valve gear m1 actuated by the shaft u, and vthe valve y is alternately'- opened and closed by means of gear y1 actuated by the same'shaft. The chamber n' hasl an exhaust valve 8, controlled by valve gear' V3 'from the shaft u. A pipe Z1 supplying gaseous fuel is connected to the housing ofv the valve immuun oc immrs raient. l Applicatie@ filed December 13, 1913. serial No., 806,602.

an @neme by means 0f aflir uid, 0f" l ,To vthis end I use a constant 'quantityfofjfth 4 by'thjheat'iof the compressed air, but a d; in Vthe lower partjoi the container s, and by opening g v turbine is mounted on a'shaft ca -which con- Patented May 5, 1914,

forced through the pipe 6,' as wllm der' scrlhed hereinafter. From the turbine' the {Il crcuifyjdrcc into the Casin w' and icws A:nto the extensmn c. The sh ,willen term pcrarl; ngens thenalve t by mea-ns. oft-hc geen?, i

u, the. valve t. heme closed again,

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the 'mercury enter-s thechcinber 4 Theme@ `m is than temporarlly opened, and admits of eirand combustible. ges to the chambern, wher upon the'said mixtureis ree ma if iitaineiia. The explosion is producedl sparkin'gfplilg or equivalent appliance may evaporltesfthe carbon dixid e, and thepres- A tion forcesfllnercury from the container ci.l gugh' tlepipe' 'e to thev surhine, the valve The evaporation on theg car l;cn dioxid. is 'partly due-. to'j`contact;,with thehot explosionl chamber','and psirtlyln .fthe mercuryin a' finelyl divided into the container a.- '-,.,The carho o.

. n again by th "ooling-jafcket.

'-.gto which air .fr om the compressor issupp iedglit;intervals, with .expansion 'accompanied hyjgreat reduc-v tion of temperature. lvfflhe in 'the lcontainer a is alsof keptcQQl-j'by the jacket. What I ,claim csmyinventicnand desire "toj re `l c;? Letters-Patent of the United. *States is; i l

. .In ,'ccmbnetere. gine,aeeninerfadapte actuating;

,The action of the apparatus isasfol-M' lowsz-The turbine is actuated by mercury in 'l explosion lchamber en.. v, el." withinscdjfccngalner, 'means ncuing e qgce controlled by the valve o' into ing opened bythe engine for this purpose.

`:forcingof the o` hold' a Yhmy Aci' diierent spccicweightfan'i explosion c :ha-nu-v be used-.f me-:lient of the explosion partly vsure due togtheexplosionpnd to this evaporf d. is liquefied 

